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Volume 18(3): 278-286, 2014. Redacted 2017.


Effects of ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus cannulated serotonin on bile secretion and lipid metabolism in Wistar rats

 

Mona Rahdar1, Javad Sajedianfard1, Saeed Nazifi2, Fatemeh Azizi-Farsani1

 

Department(s) of 1Physiology and 2Clinical Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Shiraz University, Iran

 

ABSTRACT

 

Rahdar M, Sajedianfard J, Nazifi S, Azizi-Farsani F., Effects of ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus serotonin on bile secretion and lipid metabolism in Wistar rats, Onl J Vet Res., 18(3): 278-286, 2014. The ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus (VMH) regulates gastrointestinal activity and lipid metabolism. The effect of serotonin (5-HT) cannulo-injected into VMH on bile secretion, serum lipid levels and hepatic enzymes in Wistar rats is described. Thirty male Wistar rats were cannulated in the VMH for administration of 1 µl 5-HT. One week after, the common bile duct was cannulated and bile blood samples were collected every 15 min for 60 min after the administration of 5-HT. Centrally applied 5-HT increased bile secretion at all studied periods and decreased LDL-cholesterol (LDL-c) level. Present findings suggest that 5-HT participates in the central regulation of bile secretion in the rat, and that the VMH could be a site regulating bile secretion and blood lipid levels.

Keywords: Serotonin, Bile flow, VMH, Serum lipids, Hepatic enzymes 

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